Burji dynasty

The Burdschiyya Dynasty (Arabic المماليك البرجية al - Mamālīk al - Burdschiyya, DMG al - mamālīk al - burǧīya, even Burj - Mamluks, derived from Arabic برج, DMG burǧ, tower ' ) made ​​from 1382 to 1517 the Sultans the Circassian Mamluks in Egypt.

The Burdschiyya dynasty in Egypt was, unlike the Bahri dynasty, characterized in that the Mamlukensultane especially of Circassians were asked from the Caucasus region and the Mamlukenemire had considerable influence on the government.

With the Government of Barquq (1382-1399) ended the long period of peace of the empire, as Timur conquered Persia and Iraq and Syria attacked. Since under Faraj (1399-1412), the alliance with the Ottomans had been abandoned, Timur was able to conquer Syria, Aleppo, Hama, Homs and Damascus and plunder before he attacked the Ottomans in Anatolia.

Although there was no invasion of Egypt, but the economy of the empire was difficult shattered. So bonds had taken out to finance the army and the currency to be devalued. Then there were crop failures, famines, plagues and Bedouin incursions. Also, due to the decline of the population and depopulation of entire regions economic strength has been greatly weakened. In addition there were power struggles between the Turkish and Circassian Mamluks.

The economic crisis tried Barsbay (1422-1438) by the formation of state monopolies in the spice trade and the sugar production countermeasures. However reinforced this, as well as special taxes and confiscations economic crisis. Nevertheless, the Mamlukenreich was still strong enough to conquer Cyprus in 1425.

Under Sultan Qaid Bay (1468-1496), there was again a cultural recovery and a construction boom in Cairo. However, the Ottoman threat made ​​increasingly felt. Although it was in the first war with the Ottomans (1485-1490) Cilicia be said, but refused the Mamluks in the future the equipment with " unstandesgemäßen " firearms. So the Ottomans were 1516/1517 under Selim I defeat the technologically inferior Mamluks at Aleppo and Cairo and conquer the Mamlukenreich. (See: Ottoman rule in Egypt and Ibn Zunbul )

Ruler

  • Barquq (1382-1389 and 1390-1399)
  • Sold Faraj (1399-1405)
  • Deposed al - Mansur Abd al - Aziz (1405 )
  • Reinstated Faraj (1405-1412)
  • Deposed al - Mustain ( 1412 )
  • Al - Shaykh Mu'ayyad (1412-1421)
  • Deposed al - Muzaffar Ahmad II ( 1421 )
  • Az- Zahir Tatar ( 1421 )
  • As- Salih Muhammad III. (1421-1422)
  • Barsbay (1422-1438)
  • Deposed al - Aziz Yusuf ( 1438 )
  • Dschakmak (1438-1453)
  • Deposed al - Mansur Uthman ( 1453)
  • Al - Ahmad Mu'ayyad III. Discontinued ( 1461 )
  • Chuschqadam (1461-1467)
  • Az- Zahir sold Bilbay ( 1467 )
  • Timurbugha (1467-1468)
  • Qait Bay (1468-1496)
  • An-Nasir Muhammad IV (1496-1498)
  • Az- Zahir sold Qansuh I. (1498-1500)
  • Deposed al - Ashraf Dschanbalat (1501-1501)
  • Deposed al - Adil Tuman Bay I. (1501 )
  • Al - Ashraf al - Ghuri Qansuh II (1501-1516)
  • Executed al - Ashraf Tuman bay II (1516-1517)
DIN 31635 Caucasus Mountains Selim I. Sayf ad-Din Inal
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